grist.org - 5/7/2009
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Think of Iowa farms, and most folks get images of vast cornfields devoid of people. Things couldn’t be more different at ZJ Farms, near Iowa City.
Women lead a farming revolution in Iowa
features.csmonitor.com 2/27/2009 — Women own nearly half of Iowa’s farmland. But they find they have a common problem: The men they hire to farm their land often don’t treat it with the tender care they expect – and often won’t listen when they complain about it.
Women from three ...
Another One Bites The Dust: Coal Victory in Iowa!
itsgettinghotinhere.org 3/9/2009 — At 8:30 this morning Alliant Energy, a subsidiary of Interstate Power and Light, announced its plans to abandon construction of a 649 MW coal plant in Marshalltown, Iowa. The decision comes only 6 days after the Iowa Department of Natural ...
Iowa Ends Gay Couples' Exclusion From Marriage
commondreams.org 4/3/2009 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2009 Freedom to Marry The Iowa Supreme Court today handed down a unanimous decision in favor
of the freedom to marry, bringing marriage equality to America's heartland. Iowa now joins Massachusetts
and Connecticut
in ending the exclusion of same-sex couples ...
From Washers to Wind: Obama in Iowa
watthead.blogspot.com 4/23/2009 — This is a guest post by Billy Parish, founder and former director of the Energy Action Coalition and current Ashoka Fellow, originally posted at Grist.org Yesterday, was the 39th anniversary of Earth Day and to mark the occasion, President Obama was in Newton, Iowa to speak about clean energy. ...
From Washers to Wind: Obama in Iowa
grist.org 4/23/2009 — Yesterday was the 39th anniversary of Earth Day, and to mark the occasion President Obama was in Newton, Iowa, to speak about clean energy. Newton is one of those towns where most of the residents are employed by one major employer, and until October ...
How does your garden grow?
juneauempire.com 4/29/2009 — Former Iowa resident presents a different way to plant veggies I am from Iowa, so I have an inherent need to grow vegetables. Each winter, I dream up ways of trying to garden in Juneau's environment which, so far, has really frustrated me. Nothing I ...
Wind Energy in the Heartland
rss.nrdcfeeds.org 4/20/2009 — What U.S. state comes to mind when you hear the words "renewable energy"? I'm guessing your immediate thought was California and possibly Texas.
This Wednesday (a.k.a Earth Day!), as part of his Clean Energy for America campaign, President Obama will be in a town named Newton to ...
The Associated Press: Iowa plants to offer farmers cash for corn cobs
google.com 7/17/2009 — 1 day ago DES MOINES, Iowa Two new technologies offer the promise that corn growers could turn their cobs into cash. Cobs, the refuse left behind after harvest, are now plowed back into fields. But companies from California and South Dakota plan to ...
Iowa Council Suggests Ways To Cut Emissions 90% By 2050
environmentalleader.com 1/6/2009 — The Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council recently released its final report which suggests two scenarios to cut the state’s GHG emissions by up to 90 percent by 2050, the Associated Press reports (via Yahoo! Finance).
In the first scenario, ...
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